She looks to be about three, the same age as his daughter at home in California...the girl's eyes are open. She seems to be cowering... Graves reaches in to pick her up- thinking about what medical supplies he might need to treat her...when the top of her head slides off and her brains fall out. Evan Wright
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The girl's eyes are open. She seems to be cowering...Graves reaches in to pick her up- thinking about what medical supplies he might need to treat her...when the top of her head slides off and her brains fall out. This quote is an example of the power that words hold over us. The way in which it is used here, by using the word “about,” makes it sound like she was three years old.

Using the word "would" at the end of this sentence leaves us with the idea that Graves was about to pick up the girl when something bad happened. He was about to reach in to pick her up when her brains fell out.

Source: Generation Kill: Devil Dogs, Iceman, Captain America, And The New Face Of American War

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